Print Troubleshooting

Stringing is the thin, hair-like plastic your printer leaves between parts of a model. It happens when the nozzle leaks a little molten filament during travel moves, and almost every case traces back to one of four causes: nozzle temperature too high, retraction set wrong, wet filament, or a dirty or damaged hotend. Work through … Read more

To level a 3D printer bed by hand, home the printer, release the stepper motors so you can push the head around by feel, then slide a sheet of paper or a 0.10 mm feeler gauge between the nozzle and the build plate at each of the four corners and the centre, turning the nearest … Read more